The NAACP will continue the economic boycott against South Carolina over the flying of the Confederate flag as long as the state chapter wants to, said Julian Bond, the group's national board chairman...
After reading the above, I think Mr. Bond is exactly right. They should keep the boycott going.
Why?
Well... it shows how stubborn and hateful the NAACP is against those whose ancestors answered the State call to fight back in 1860-- in a word, native white South Carolinians.
While I have no doubt that they strongly dislike southern whites, both living and dead, who do not deny their heriatage, the issue becomes complicated when we discover that...
South Carolina, as well as other Confederate states had black soldiers fighting under the flag that they condemn. Although I assume that the anger of the NAACP is not directed towards soldiers of colour, BUT perhaps it is!
The existence of black Confederate soldiers complicates their stereotypical and over-simplified portrayal of the two races in South Carolina (and elsewhere) at that time.
[Strangley enough, the article linked HERE appeared TODAY (!) concerning a Confederate soldier of African descent being honoured in Georgia, but this line of thought is beginning to take me off topic.].
Another reason I think they should continue their boycott of South Carolina is because it shows them to be that which they accuse others to be-- intolerant, racist, and hateful.
It shows that although the flag was moved from the dome and chambers of the South Carolina State House at their insistence and in good faith by South Carolina Lawmakers, it was not good enough.
Apparently, one culture and its symbols must be sacrificed to make room for another.
According to them, that flag is a symbol of hate regardless of history, reason, fact, or argument to the contrary, even though to me and millions of others it is anything but that.
It shows how little they care for so-called "Colored" people-- an antiquated and bigoted word which is still ensconced in their organization's name-- by creating a fury over an object which has no impact on the African Americans' day to day existence.
It shows that they do not know the difference between the so-called “Civil War” (So-called because it was no such a thing) and the Civil Rights Movement…
Mostly, however, it shows how impotent they are as South Carolina's tourism continues to improve.
It's too bad that we must continue this non-issue, but Mr. Bonds and others of his mindset will always make sure that there is enough racial tention to further their lack of agenda and sow the seeds of hate where none need exist.
Until next time, I remain yours
In the cause,
~ P. C.
P.S. – The poem "I am their Flag" recited by black Southern activist and former NAACP officer from North Carolina, H.K. Edgerton can be accessed by clicking HERE. It is really worth watching.
Society is an open-ended partnership between generations. The dead and the unborn are as much members of society as the living. To dishonor the dead is to reject the relation on which society is built—a relation of obligation between generations. Those who have lost respect for the dead have ceased to be trustees of their inheritance. Inevitably, therefore, they lose their sense of obligation to future generations. The web of obligation shrinks to the present tense. ~Edmond Burk
